RSC: The Tempest

Starring Simon Russell Beale

On a distant island a man waits. Robbed of his position, power and wealth, his enemies have left him in isolation. But this is no ordinary man, and this no ordinary island. Prospero is a magician, able to control the very elements and bend nature to his will. When a sail appears on the horizon, he reaches out across the ocean to the ship that carries the men who wronged him. Creating a vast magical storm he wrecks the ship and washes his enemies up on the shore. When they wake they find themselves lost on a fantastical island where nothing is as it seems.

“Fears that the technology would upstage the actors are firmly scotched by the presence of Beale as Prospero. He has the capacity not only to act mind but to convey moral gravity.” Michael Billington, The Guardian

Photo by Topher McGrillis (c) RSC
Please note there will be no interval during this screening

Shakespeare Folio 400

2023 marks 400 years since Shakespeare’s first folio was published. William Shakespeare’s fame and notoriety in his own lifetime led to his works being laid down in text after his death, and in the intervening 4 centuries his position as one of the English language’s greatest playwrights has been firmly cemented. This filmed production is being presented at the Marina as part of our